February 2, 2019
Brisbane Square Library is hosting an event with Melissa Fagan, Sunday 10 February 11am-12noon as she discusses her book, What Will Be worn: A McWhirters Story, about the iconic department store in Fortitude Valley. For all who know Brisbane, McWhirters, a once celebrated department store in Fortitude Valley, is an icon. Read More
February 2, 2019
The Queensland Office of the National Archives is testing the feasibility of allowing self-service digitisation of selected records by the public in a controlled reading room environment. The service being trialled in the Queensland Reading Room only, until 30 April 2019. A flyer with details of the service can be… Read More
February 2, 2019
Timothy Roberts is an art historian specialising in Australian art heritage before 1945. Tim has recently consolidated three years of research in a new paper “Portrait of an artist: rediscovering Rose Blakemore, published in the February 2019 edition of Australiana. The test expands upon a presentation Tim made to the Queensland… Read More
February 2, 2019
Author and historian, Peter Ludlow, will be presenting to the newly formed Redlands branch of the National Trust an updated presentation of his recent work The History Behind the Horseshoe (2019). Peter will highlight Peel Island’s history including pre-European occupation, its use by Europeans as a quarantine station, inebriate home,… Read More
February 2, 2019
The Australian Journal of Biography and History is an initiative of the National Centre of Biography (NCB) in the Research School of Social Sciences at The Australian National University. The journal seeks to promote the study of biography in Australia. Articles that appear in the journal are lively, engaging… Read More
November 15, 2018
Dr Ray Kerkhove has updated his project, Mapping Frontier Conflict in South-East Queensland. Containing additional historical information and maps, Ray’s project is a valuable addition to the scholarship on Aboriginal resistance against white settlement in SE Queensland. You can access Mapping Frontier Conflict in South-East Queensland via this link. Read More
September 18, 2018
Located on the east bank of the Brisbane River in the suburb Wacol is the historial Wolston House, a heritage-listed residential farmhouse from the nineteenth century. At the end of August, our research team visited the house as it represents a unique historic site that documents life in the beginning… Read More
September 18, 2018
Read about Patrick Shea, who arrived in Queensland in 1858 and first settled at Pilton. He later moved to Drayton, then Southbrook, where he took up Rockmount Station. Patrick milked a small dairy herd and travelled to Toowoomba by horse and cart up to three times a week to… Read More
July 20, 2018
The Brisbane History Group is holding a seminar, History in the Digital Age, on Saturday July 21 2018 at the Ship Inn function room. Professor Mark Finnane and Dr Lee Butterworth will speak about the Harry Gentle Resource Centre – its background, goals and future direction. Access the seminar program… Read More
July 20, 2018
Read about the significant impact of the Crown Lands Commissioners on land policies and practices, the administration of justice, the treatment of Indigenous people and the formation of regional communities surrounding Moreton Bay settlement after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. Access Dr Margaret Shield’s project here. Read More
July 4, 2018
The Harry Gentle Resource Centre welcomes historian and ARC Laureate Fellow Professor Mark Finnane as the new Director from July 2018. Mark is a Professor of History in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, Griffith University, and a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute. He is a Fellow… Read More
June 29, 2018
A short history of Dutch exploration of the Torres Strait, the Gulf of Carpentaria and the eastern coast of Cape York has been added to our website under ‘Rare Books and Documents‘. Of special interest is the bibliography that lists material written in languages other than English related to… Read More
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